Bryson

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #152 for boys in 2025, 2,416 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#86
2017 · 4,679 births
Debut · boys
1914
6 births
In top 100 · boys
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,241
since 1914

Bryson over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202008peak #86, 2017boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1522,416
2024#15,2935#1472,479
2023—#1502,449
2022#13,5926#1362,712
2021#12,2067#1223,097
2020#13,4536#1153,218
2019#9,11211#1023,636
2018#9,15111#924,225
2017#11,6158#864,679
2016#12,8767#944,372
2015#10,8669#1333,115
2014#9,51711#1153,427
2013#13,1507#1023,816
2012#12,1998#944,042
2011#9,72311#973,944
2010#7,88015#1203,392
2009#12,4298#1522,611
2008#17,5045#1782,231
2007#8,52014#1792,323
2006#11,4179#1762,315
2005#14,5026#1951,980
2004#6,76817#2001,916
2003#9,67110#2141,658
2002#9,48210#2291,471
2001#8,19612#2461,356
2000#9,16310#2691,206
1999#6,83614#2771,066
1998#8,01611#321860
1997#8,33410#345741
1996#11,8076#353689
1995#8,07910#418543
1994#13,4305#468467
1993—#475443
1992—#510394
1991—#506383
1990—#552333
1989—#533326
1988—#518312
1987—#565256
1986—#548262
1985—#605209
1984#10,4225#611194
1983—#637180
1982—#650178
1981—#746136
1980—#751136
1979—#838107
1978—#1,10962
1977—#1,19854
1976—#1,37342
1975—#1,14654
1974—#1,21547
1973—#1,43535
1972—#1,77125
1971—#1,78425
1970—#2,05819
1969—#2,04617
1968—#1,83619
1967—#2,47011
1966—#1,89117
1965—#2,9828
1964—#1,97517
1963—#1,95717
1962—#2,18614
1961—#2,70610
1960—#2,8719
1959—#2,8219
1958—#2,64210
1957—#2,37512
1956—#2,62810
1955—#1,84518
1954—#2,31612
1953—#2,9058
1952—#3,0957
1951—#2,49510
1950—#2,11113
1949—#1,87216
1948—#2,32611
1947—#2,07614
1946—#2,6908
1945—#2,3939
1944—#2,19511
1943—#1,76417
1942—#2,9407
1941—#2,20711
1940—#2,6718
1939—#2,6098
1938—#2,6468
1937—#2,33210
1936—#2,4529
1935——
1934—#2,5639
1933—#2,5429
1932—#3,0927
1931—#2,6519
1930—#1,88916
1929—#3,9595
1928—#2,38712
1927—#2,52311
1926—#2,30213
1925—#3,7416
1924—#3,0239
1923—#2,33113
1922—#3,5327
1921—#2,80410
1920—#2,76510
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1918—#3,0968
1917—#3,2177
1916—#2,9268
1915—#3,0827
1914—#2,9156
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Bryson! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Bryson
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#147 → #152)
  • 37 spots since 2020 (#115 → #152)
  • 19 spots since 2015 (#133 → #152)
  • Biggest jump: 271 spots in 1979 (#1,109 → #838)
  • Biggest drop: 19 spots in 1990 (#533 → #552)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 2017 at #86 (4,679 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 2016–2018
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 396
  • Highest: 1 in 396 boys born in 2017 were named Bryson (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 707 boys born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 46.4% of all boys named Bryson (38,648) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,915 (1914)#3,047
1920s96#2,302 (1926)#2,937
1930s85#1,889 (1930)#2,531
1940s112#1,764 (1943)#2,313
1950s109#1,845 (1955)#2,523
1960s139#1,836 (1968)#2,292
1970s470#838 (1979)#1,393
1980s2,189#518 (1988)#616
1990s5,919#277 (1999)#423
2000s19,067#152 (2009)#204
2010s38,648#86 (2017)#104
2020s16,371#115 (2020)#137

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bryson in 2008

girls
#17,504
5 births · 1 in 378,188 girls
boys
#178
2,231 births · 1 in 914 boys

Top girls' names in 2008

  1. #1Emma18,830
  2. #2Isabella18,629
  3. #3Emily17,448
  4. #4Olivia17,088
  5. #5Ava17,051
  6. #6Madison17,047
  7. #7Sophia16,091
  8. #8Abigail15,088
  9. #9Elizabeth12,027
  10. #10Chloe11,836
  11. #17,504Bryson5

Top boys' names in 2008

  1. #1Jacob22,621
  2. #2Michael20,652
  3. #3Ethan20,223
  4. #4Joshua19,231
  5. #5Daniel19,032
  6. #6Alexander18,711
  7. #7Anthony18,417
  8. #8William18,403
  9. #9Christopher17,966
  10. #10Matthew17,604
  11. #178Bryson2,231
More about 2008

girls

1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 378,188 of them was named Bryson, which outranked 14.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bryson
  1. #15,405Zyona6
  2. #15,405Zyree6
  3. #15,405Zyrianna6
  4. #17,504Bryson5
  5. #17,504Aabriella5
  6. #17,504Aalaya5
  7. #17,504Aalayna5

Tied with 2,978 names at #17,504; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,375Dayami#10,129 → #754
  2. ↑ 4,524Allisson#4,944 → #420
  3. ↑ 1,019Alisson#1,804 → #785
  4. ↑ 851Milagros#1,579 → #728
  5. ↑ 807Mareli#1,530 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Kelis#968 → #1,359
  2. ↓ 390Joselin#755 → #1,145
  3. ↓ 378Tyra#947 → #1,325
  4. ↓ 363Montana#932 → #1,295
  5. ↓ 337Allyssa#988 → #1,325

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 914 of them was named Bryson, which outranked 98.8% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bryson
  1. #175Edwin2,263
  2. #176Hudson2,250
  3. #177Travis2,232
  4. #178Bryson2,231
  5. #179Erick2,220
  6. #180Jace2,195
  7. #181Peter2,186
Biggest movers since 2007
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,801Urijah#3,687 → #886
  2. ↑ 1,035Jadiel#1,912 → #877
  3. ↑ 790Aaden#1,132 → #342
  4. ↑ 676Chace#1,337 → #661
  5. ↑ 500Marley#1,263 → #763
Fallers
  1. ↓ 688Kelan#977 → #1,665
  2. ↓ 286Talen#990 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 281Nery#901 → #1,182
  4. ↓ 250Kellan#883 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 250Efren#977 → #1,227

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2008 →